"For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it.
For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it.
For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it."

- Ivan Panin(1855-1942)

Dear
Friends and Schoolmates,

Today's theme is strictly an accident. I had
looked for this song in vain a couple of years ago, and just stumbled upon it
late Monday night, so what could I do?!?

Sometime between 1:00 and 7:00 AM on Tuesday, the site and server went down, and
stayed down until about 10:30 AM. And it was down again by 10:55 AM.
By 11:00 AM it was working once more. I believe it remained functional
after that, but I was busy doing laundry and otherwise helping my #6 son
Dale(Harty - Hillsboro HS, American School, IL - '02 - of VA) pack
to return to SVU, so I'm
really not sure.

I'm sorry for any inconvenience this caused you. It made me pretty much
bonkers - not that I ever get excited about such things....

The snail mail arrived
late yesterday, as it generally does on Mondays, but Boy Howdy, did it arrive!
There were two checks totaling $150.00, which pulled my sagging pudgy neck (not
to mention my spirits!) out of the noose once again!
Thank you so very much, Gentlemen!!!

From Dee Hodges Bartram ('66) of VA - 12/31/06 - but not arriving in my
inbox until 01/09/07 at 9:00 AM!!!:

Carol,

I would like you to post on your website
that the Class of 1966 is deeply disappointed with the quality of the picture
packages and the Reunion Book that was done for us by Lifetouch. I have
notified Lifetouch via e-mail of our feelings about the book. The pictures
were too dark, negatives taken that night were lost resulting in people not
getting their pictures, people are mislabeled in the book and some are listed
as missing at the end of the book but their pictures are in it.

I have told our representative that we will
not use them again nor will we recommend them to other classes.

It saddens me greatly that this has
happened.

Dee Hodges Bartram

I'm sorry
I didn't receive your note earlier, Dee. I knew that I was somewhat
disappointed, but I thought that I was just being bratty and that everyone else
was probably delighted.

The booklet may have been a bit
disappointing, but everything else about the reunion was superb! You and
your committee did an outstanding job, and it was greatly appreciated by all who
attended! Thanks again - for everything!

You and I
aren't the only ones who are sick and tired of pressing number prompts to get
through to customer service. Somebody finally took some practical action.

"Get Human" is a database of phone numbers to 500 major companies, government
offices and service providers with instructions that will streamline your phone
call directly to a "HUMAN BEING." Some (like GEICO for example) are still a bit
cumbersome, but at least you won't have to listen to the robotic replay of
prompts.

Add this link to your "Favorites / Bookmark" list and refer to it before you
make your next call to an airline, government office or other customer service
department. You may save yourself a lot of time and aggravation.

"Have you ever wondered
which hurts the most...
Saying something and wishing
you had not...

Or saying nothing...and
wishing you had."

Thanks,
Judy!

From One of my
Famous Marines - Herb Hice of MI, who
served in the Pacific Theater during WWII - 01/07/07 - "Dear Carol, Your Friend
is Just Checking in.":

Dear Carol,

That's not me blinking at you, I have Blue eyes, How blue are they you ask ???
They are bluer than a Well Diggers Butt up in the Klondike.

Your Friend, Herbie

just checking to see if you were at your computer

Yep, you are!
So, keep scrolling for Bits of Wisdom

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Love is grand!Divorce is a
hundred grand.
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I am in shape.
Round is a shape.
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Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.
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Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels good.
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Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.

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Even if you are on the right track,
You'll get run over if you just sit there
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An optimist thinks this is the best possible world.
A pessimist fears this is true.
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There will always be death and taxes;
However, death doesn't get worse every year.
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In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday.
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I am a nutritional overachiever.
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I plan on living forever. So far, so good.
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Practice safe eating -- always use condiments.
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A day without sunshine is like night.
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It's frustrating when you know all the answers,
But nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
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The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right
time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
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Brain cells come and brain cells go,
But fat cells live forever.
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Age doesn't always bring wisdom.
Sometimes it comes alone.
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Life not only begins at forty,
It also begins to show.
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I smile because I am your friend!

I laugh because there is nothing you can do about it.

SEE YA' LATER

WILD
GIGGLES!!! Thanks, Herbie Darlin!
I knew these weren't your eyes. For one thing, there is
that matter of the color. For another, I had used these to illustrate a
Newsletter exactly two years before the day you sent them to me:

VIRGINIA BEACH - It's a
mystery worthy of "CSI": How did a 300-pound gravestone for a woman who died in
Norfolk County in 1903 end up at a housing development site in Virginia Beach?

That's what David Spriggs of
Norfolk and Mary Atwood of Chesapeake spent more than a month investigating
after a 103-year-old headstone was discovered in a rubble pile at a condominium
site on Diamond Springs Road.

The gravestone, possibly
granite, bears the name of Mary F. Guy, who was born May 15, 1832, and died
March 5, 1903. Scrollwork smoothed by age and the elements tapers across the top
of the gravestone. "Asleep in Jesus" is inscribed in italics at the bottom.

Spriggs and Atwood were strangers until Guy's
gravestone brought them together. Atwood, an accounting technician at Little
Creek Naval Amphibious Base, found Spriggs, a local genealogist, through the
Internet.

Their partnership began shortly after Atwood's boyfriend found the gravestone
while working the construction site in mid- November. The stone was picked up
and moved to a trash pile when workers were clearing the wooded property.
Developer Jay Klebanoff, who is building 45 condos there, said he was unaware of
the stone.

Atwood was intrigued. Headstones from her own family cemetery near Sandbridge
were damaged about six years ago. She wanted to preserve Guy's stone and, if
possible, find her burial site.

"I just couldn't leave it alone," Atwood said. "I wouldn't want anybody to do
that to me and my family."

Spriggs, who retired from Navy civil service in
July, eagerly joined Atwood in the investigation.

Based on his research, Spriggs said there's no evidence Guy was buried on
Diamond Springs Road.

A small cemetery for Ebenezer Baptist Church is next to the construction site,
but Spriggs is confident that Guy, who was white, had no connection to the
church cemetery, where the remains of black residents are buried.

"I think that stone was pulled up and hauled off and just dumped," Spriggs said.
"But we may never know the true history of that stone's journey."

Guy's family life, however, slowly has been uncovered. She was a wife and mother
of three children. According to her obituary, she died at her Norfolk County
home at Tanner's Creek Cross Roads - now the intersection of Little Creek, Old
Ocean View and Sewells Point roads. Her funeral was held at Salem Baptist, a
church that historical records show might have stood near the same crossroads
where Guy lived.

Spriggs thinks Guy might have been buried in a cemetery there, if one ever
existed, or possibly somewhere on her family's property.

During their research, Spriggs and Atwood found one living relative in Laurel,
Md. James Stiegler is Guy's great-great-grandson. He knew very little of his
relative until Atwood contacted him.

"It's been very fascinating," Stiegler said in a phone interview. "We just never
kept up with the Guy family."

Guy's gravestone now has a new home. Stiegler gave Atwood and Spriggs permission
to move the stone to the eight-acre cemetery at Eastern Shore Chapel on Laskin
Road.

For weeks, the stone lay in dirt and weeds near a busy highway in northwest
Virginia Beach. Just before Christmas, under a blanket of cloudy skies, the
gravestone was carefully lowered to a patch of dried grass under a towering pine
tree.

Atwood smiled. Two previous attempts to move the
stone had failed. J.D. Glover, a landscaper and member of Ebenezer Baptist
Church, offered to help after hearing of the stone's discovery.

"I feel better already," Atwood said.

For Spriggs, the mystery of Guy's burial site still deserves attention. He plans
to dig for more clues.

"In doing this, you get more of a respect for your ancestors," Spriggs said.
"They all had stories and histories and lives. It's all an interesting drama."

Places are listed
alphabetically, but sometimes that can be tricky. A familiar name might
not be the official name, so you may need to do some browsing.

I always welcome the opportunity
to turn my attention to those pages, so if you see something that you love is
missing, let us know. An no, it's never finished and complete, but
(hopefully!) always growing. Sometimes it just grows more slowly than
we'd all like!

Thanks again, Jean!

From My Friend, Judy, of IL - 01/09/07 -
"Excellent Advice":

This is just too beautiful not to share it with you. I
love and appreciate you! May God richly bless you.

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to
ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken
probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts
too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with
your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did.
You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose
someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love
like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset
is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

Don't
be afraid that your life will end,
be afraid that it will never begin.

I know that there were
many members of the Class of 1964 who were unable to attend the 40th Year
Reunion in 2004 and who did not receive a copy of the Old Rustier Anchor
(2004). I suspect that there are members of the classes which preceded and
followed the Class of 1964, who may be curious about the lives of their
friends. For those who may not know, The Old Rustier Anchor is the compilation
of photos and remarks by members of the Class of 1964. A version has been
published at every reunion (1974, 1984, 1994, 1999, and 2004.)

I am pleased to offer (at no charge) the Microsoft WORD version of the Old
Rustier Anchor (2004) to anyone who requests it. This is the Master file from
which the printer created the booklets we distributed at the 2004 reunion.

It is a 24 page, 9 MB file (due to images) which I would attach to an e-mail.
If anyone is interested, simply send an e-mail to <nnhs64@cox.net>.
Please let me know if you are unable to receive large attached files due to spam
filters, etc., and I will make other arrangements.

What a wonderful opportunity you've provided for everyone, David!
Thank you so much!

So that no one
will miss it, I'll carry this offer in the next several Newsletters, and I've
posted it on TYPHOONMART, as well:

I apologize for sending you a reminder
about the three upcoming important meetings in January about Buckroe's Lots
B. However, as pointed out in the earlier e-mail, it is most critical for
as many warm bodies as possible to show up at each of the following meetings
in Hampton's City Hall Building, 8th Floor.

For those of you who live outside of
Hampton, even outside of Virginia, please forward this reminder to anyone in
Hampton who might be interested in saving Lots B for the public's continued
use. Most of you know someone living in the Tidewater area to whom you can
e-mail this reminder (that is why you are on as an addressee of this note).

Planning Commission Meeting:

January 8, 3:30 PM. -- Public
Hearing, and the Planning Commission's approval, or not, of the Planning

Department's recommended design option choice for Lots B. This meeting will
be interesting.

City
Council Meetings:

January 10, 7:30 PM -- Public
Hearing

January 24, 7:30 PM -- Public
Hearing, AND Council's FINAL VOTE on the fate of Lots B.

(Most important on this night to have a packed house -
be prepared for a late night.)

4"x 6" signs reading "Option
D-1" will be available for all attendees to wear during the meetings.

The same sign then can be placed
in the rear or side windows of your cars. Recommend they remain there for
all to see as you drive around town until after Council's vote on January
24.

If you cannot attend one of the
meetings above to pick up an "Option D-1" sign for your car, please make
your own sign, and stick it in your car window until January 24.

We also hope to get as many
"Option D-1" signs as possible displayed in store/restaurant windows
throughout Hampton. Please ask your favorite restaurant or business owner
if one can be displayed in their window. Let us know who they are, and we
will get a sign to them.

Thank you for spreading the word.

I look forward to seeing as many "Buckroe's
Lots B as a Park" supporters as possible at any or all of the above
meetings.

Sincerely, Sandra Canepa

WOWZERS!!!
Thank you, Karen - and
Sandra!

Please, y'all - try
to attend those meetings if you possibly can!

NOT THE BEST NEWS I'VE HAD ALL
DAY:

From the Daily Press - 01/09/07:

A new plan for Buckroe

The Planning Commission approves a plan that
would add more than 200 residences.

HAMPTON -- Agreeing that the best way to boost
a community was through home ownership, the city's planning commission Monday
unanimously endorsed a plan for Buckroe Beach that includes sites for 225-235
residential units.

Called "Option E," an amendment to Hampton's Master Plan for Buckroe, the plan
was contrived by the city's planning department. Its members sold the plan to
the commission in an hour-long presentation.

Over and over again, the planners referred to "critical mass," that block of
homes in which owners live. Under "Option E," 54 percent of the homes would be
occupied by their owners.

Six opponents of the measure spoke against it, including a group that has come
to be identified as the "Green Space Ladies" because they favor a plan that
would retain more open space and accommodate fewer homes.

Each wore signs touting "Option D-1."

One of their number, Sandra Canepa
('56 - of VA), accused the planners of
distorting her group's preferred plan in its presentation to the commission.
Another said the planners distorted figures when they said that 70 percent of
the residences in Buckroe are rented.

The planning commission did not take kindly to that criticism.

"Lashing the staff is not something that sits with me very well," Vice Chairman
Ralph A. Heath III said before voting yes to City Manager Jesse Wallace's motion
to adopt "Option E."

"I started putting all of these plans together and I wonder if we're not worried
more about the park than we are about the community."

The City Council will receive the planning commission's recommendation on
Wednesday, with a plan to vote on the Buckroe Beach measure on Jan. 24.

"I can't speak for everybody on the council," said Charlie Sapp, a member of
both the council and the planning commission. "I do think this is reflective of
the group's sentiment."

The Green Space Ladies vowed that their fight is not over.

But some in the crowd hope that it is.

"It's time to revitalize the neighborhood," said Amy Hobbs, who lives in Buckroe
Beach. "We need to get it started."

As you already may know, the Planning
Commission voted last night to recommend Option E to Council for Lots B.

Option E was "contrived" by the Planning
Department in early December.

I believe a picture of Option E is on
their website, and a copy will soon be on our website for viewing.

Option E basically is the same
plan called for in the original Buckroe Master Plan. Option E, like the
original plan, will require Lots B to be sold to developers for residential
housing.

Do not get discouraged by the Planning
Commission's vote last night. We need your total support (and your bodies)
now more than ever.

It may help you to know there are
a number of occasions where the Council's final decision HAS varied from the
Planning Commission's recommendation.

One occasion, similar to the Buckroe
issue, was in 2001 when the Planning Commission recommended that Bloxom's
Corner (Fox Hill, Old Buckroe, and Beach Rd) be rezoned in order for a
Zoom's to be built on that corner.

Council held two public hearings
following the Planning Commission's recommendation. At the FIRST
Council meeting the Council voted Yes, the property should be rezoned.

In the next couple of weeks there was a
lot of lobbying, and at the SECOND Council meeting Council voted No,
because OPPOSITION FILLED council chambers and was overflowing.

A Daily Press article, September
28, 2001, titled,"COUNCIL REVERSES
VOTE, STOPS ZOOMS MOVE",
tells the Zooms story and is attached for your information.

Exactly like the ZOOMS issue, Council will hold
two meetings on the Lots B issue prior to a final vote whether to approve
Option E or not.

The FIRST Council meeting will be Wednesday,
January 10, 7:30 pm, City Hall, 8th Floor.

The SECOND Council meeting AND the vote will be
Wednesday, January 24, 7:30 pm, City Hall, 8th Floor.

The Council Chambers on January 10 SHOULD
BE FILLED with everyone who wants to save Lots B as a city park; HOWEVER,

a packed house of park supporters IS ABSOLUTELY
CRITICAL for January 24...just as it was for the Zooms issue.

Please mark your calendars to attend.

I cannot stress strongly enough how important it
will be for everyone who has said they want to save Lots B as a city park
to attend the January 24 City Council meeting. Making remarks before
Council is not necessary, just your presence, but remarks, if only a
sentence of two, will help.

Please send a request out to everyone in your
data base, your family, your church, and your social, athletic, civic
clubs to also attend if they are serious about saving Lots B from
developers.

Both nights, January 10 and January 24, will be late nights;
therefore, people need to be prepared to "camp out" if necessary but that is
little enough to give considering what is at stake.

I will be sending out another e-mail shortly
which will contain different information about the issue.

If you have no interest in remaining on this
mass e-mail addressee list, please let me know immediately.

Any suggestions, other than this e-mail
addressee list, for getting people to one or both City Council meetings
will be greatly appreciated.

We will have "Option D-1" signs for everyone to
wear at the Council meetings.....and Option D-1 signs are beginning to
appear in car windows. Please make one for yourself or let me know and I
will get one or more to you. Remember the signs only have to be displayed
through January 24.

Thank you. sac

Thank you, Edna and Karen - and
Sandra!

From An Anonymous Typhoon - 01/08/07
- "Caution":

Carol,

Just a quick note that sometimes things can be
written via e-mail that may be regretted later and sometimes a explanation
can end up in a heated e-mail argument. This can be a very distressing
thing to both people involved and these e-mails can be forwarded,
reworded, and so forth before being forwarded. So to all my fellow
Typhoons, please be very careful who you send e-mails to and what the
content contains.

Carol, please post this, as I know first hand
how this happens and it can lead to legal ramifications and become a
unneeded legal expense.

Sincerely and May God Bless You,

P. S. Carol, I do think this should be
posted as a e-mail from an anonymous Typhoon.

Uh-Oh.
At first I thought this referred back to the late November discussion of what
might or might not be acceptable content for the Newsletter. On closer
reading (being ever The Clueless One), I think this refers
instead to some personal bickering. between two or more of ya'll.

YOWZERONI-RINI!!!
Sweetie-Pies! "Ya don' posta do dat!!!"

In response, I'm going to tell
y'all some words which the youth of my church call, "SMA's"or "Standard
Mormon Answers": Remember who you are. Remember why you're here.
Remember where you're going. Remember that you love each other - and Be Nice!

REUNION REMINDERS:

Reunion
information is ALWAYS posted very near the top on the front page, and
on the Reunion Page section: